BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Central Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Central Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Toward an Illinois Learning Sciences Design Laboratory – A Ligh tning Symposium\n[Proposal Submission Deadline: February 6\, 2015]SUMMARYT he new Illinois Learning Sciences Design Laboratory (ILSDL) is being launc hed with a Lightning Symposium on February 27\, 2015\, to showcase the wor k of UIUC faculty and research groups\, facilitate discussion among partic ipants\, build networks\, and initiate a number of specific proposals for seed funding. ILSDL is seeking proposals (300-word abstracts) for 5-minute presentations and posters that address the grand challenges of:1. \;A dvancing the scientific understanding of learning2. \;Designing tools\ , environments\, and platforms to improve/deepen/accelerate learning\, and learning processes and outcomes3. \;Designing tools to analyze big da ta with the aim of transforming uniform learning platforms into adaptive p ersonalized learning environmentsDETAILSIllinois Learning Sciences Design Laboratory The Visioning Future Excellence at Illinois Outcomes Report (Ju ly\, 2013) put forth the development of a Learning Sciences Laboratory amo ng the New Strategic Investment Initiatives for campus. The laboratory aim s “to understand learning mechanisms and to invent learning and educationa l tools\, practices\, and spaces for the future of teaching and learning a cross disciplines and professions” (p. 11).At the direction of campus lead ership\, a steering committee of deans and faculty from across campus has been working to launch the Illinois Learning Sciences Design Laboratory (I LSDL)\, which is aimed at building\, synthesizing\, translating\, and appl ying theories of learning to guide designing\, developing\, prototyping/tr ialing\, assessing\, scaling\, disseminating\, and commercializing transfo rmational\, cutting-edge\, replicable\, technological tools\, solutions\, and platforms in support of learning environments and practices.Lightning SymposiumThis symposium is a major first step toward articulating a cohere nt framework\, and an encompassing vision and plan for an ILSDL. The sympo sium will help identify UIUC faculty and research groups who would bring t o this initiative deep and varied expertise in research\, design\, develop ment\, and tool creation\; and who currently are operating within departme nts\, schools\, colleges\, centers\, institutes\, and start-ups across cam pus. Leveraging our wealth of expertise in a creative\, collaborative\, tr ans-disciplinary\, and enabling laboratory environment is key to ensuring Illinois excellence and leadership in the context of an increasingly promi nent global focus on the implications of the learning sciences for designi ng learning environments.The symposium is structured to showcase the work of faculty and research groups\, facilitate discussion among participants\ , build networks\, and initiate a number of specific proposals for seed fu nding. Our goal is to be generative of ideas addressing grand challenges i n design and tool creation for teaching and learning\, and to create a net work of design and research collaborations across campus.“Learning\,” “lea rning environments\,” and “tools” are conceptualized broadly to capture th e varied meanings these concepts carry in different academic communities a nd stakeholder groups. Consider\, for example\, evidence of learning: A ne uroscientist may point to changes in gray matter\; a school administrator may look at shifts in standardized test scores\; a medical educator may fo cus on a healthcare provider’s enhanced skills in controlling a robotic su rgical system\; and a teacher or parent may consider a child’s ability to participate in a practice or skill that motivates and engages them. Simila rly\, learning tools and environments range from online courses and MOOCs\ ; to games\, simulations\, or virtual and augmented realities to books\, m edia\, and the natural world\; and extend from formal (e.g.\, P-20 classro oms)\, to informal (e.g.\, science centers\, art museums) or ubiquitous (e .g.\, various media) learning environments. The symposium aims to reflect this range and facilitate inter- and trans-disciplinary discussions and un derstanding of learning\, and how to create and design 21st century tools and environments in support of such learning.Symposium Themes and Grand Ch allengesThe symposium will feature 5-minute lightning presentations and po sters that address themes under a number of 21st century grand challenges in the learning sciences and the design and creation of learning tools:1.& nbsp\;Advancing the scientific understanding of learninga. \;Mechanism s/processes\, cognition\, metacognition\, learning to learn\, creativityb.  \;Emotions/affect\, motivation\, social/cultural aspects\, collaborat ion/teamworkc. \;Physical/embodied aspectsd. \;Neuro/biological as pects2. \;Designing tools\, environments\, and platforms (physical\, o nline\, virtual\, simulations\, visualizations\, etc.) to improve/deepen/a ccelerate learning\, and learning processes and outcomesa. \;Intervent ions intended to improve learning across contextsb. \;Putting basic sc ience to work in MOOCs\, educational apps\, games\, classroom teaching\, h omework technologies\, museums and afterschool clubs\, etc.c. \;Teachi ng/tutoring/coaching\, promoting deep conceptual understanding\, self-expl anations and other self-regulated learning approachesd. \;Creating too ls to help coordinate learning activities (home\, museums\, libraries\, sc hools\, outdoors) and articulate lifelong learning3. \;Designing tools to analyze big data with the aim of transforming uniform learning platfor ms into adaptive personalized learning environmentsa. \;Collecting\, c urating\, and securing (e.g.\, ethically\, legally\, technologically) mass ive amounts of data about the choices and behaviors of learners in various learning environments (e.g.\, keyboard strokes\, mouse clicks\, physiolog ical responses\, eye tracking\, body movements)b. \;Building data anal ytics that draw on theories of teaching\, learning\, and assessment\, and peta-scale computational capabilities\, as well as cutting-edge research i n data mining\, statistics\, and natural language processing to analyze bi g data in the service of providing assessments—including automated summati ve and real-time formative assessments—and to enable adaptive and personal ized learning experiencesc. \;Providing individualized real-time and d elayed feedback to the thousands of students enrolled in a MOOC so as to o ptimize their engagement\, enhance self-regulation and self-monitoring\, a nd eventually sustain their engagement and maximize their learningProposal SubmissionDeadline: February 6\, 2015 @ 5:00 PM To propose an individual or group session\, go to https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/6486157 to submit:•&n bsp\;Researcher name(s) and unit affiliation(s)• \;Session/poster titl e• \;A short abstract (200 to 300 words)• \;Keywords or phrasesAut hors should anticipate hearing about the status of their proposals as soon as possible and no later than by February 16\, 2015.If you have questions or would like assistance with submitting proposals or preparing your pres entation\, please contact Tanya Sutton tsutton@illinois.eduRegistration to Attend the SymposiumIf you submit a proposal\, there is no need to regist er to attend the symposium.If you like to attend the symposium without sub mitting a proposal\, please register at https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/253477 DTEND:20150227T060000Z DTSTAMP:20260908T181945Z DTSTART:20150227T150000Z LOCATION:USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Toward an Illin UID:RFCALITEM639244703854218776 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Toward an Illinois Learning Sciences Design Laboratory – A Lightning Symposium

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[Proposal Submission Deadline: February 6\, 2015]
SUMMARY
The new Illinois Learning Sciences Desig n Laboratory (ILSDL) is being launched with a Lightning Symposium on Febru ary 27\, 2015\, to showcase the work of UIUC faculty and research groups\, facilitate discussion among participants\, build networks\, and initiate a number of specific proposals for seed funding. ILSDL is seeking proposal s (300-word abstracts) for 5-minute presentations and posters that address the grand challenges of:
1. \;Advancing the scientific understandi ng of learning
2. \;Designing tools\, environments\, and platforms to improve/deepen/accelerate learning\, and learning processes and outcome s
3. \;Designing tools to analyze big data with the aim of transfor ming uniform learning platforms into adaptive personalized learning enviro nments
DETAILS
Illinois Learning Sciences Design Laboratory
The Visioning Future Excellence at Illinois Outcomes Report (July\, 2013) put forth the development of a Learning Sciences Laboratory among the New Stra tegic Investment Initiatives for campus. The laboratory aims “to understan d learning mechanisms and to invent learning and educational tools\, pract ices\, and spaces for the future of teaching and learning across disciplin es and professions” (p. 11).
At the direction of campus leadership\, a steering committee of deans and faculty from across campus has been workin g to launch the Illinois Learning Sciences Design Laboratory (ILSDL)\, whi ch is aimed at building\, synthesizing\, translating\, and applying theori es of learning to guide designing\, developing\, prototyping/trialing\, as sessing\, scaling\, disseminating\, and commercializing transformational\, cutting-edge\, replicable\, technological tools\, solutions\, and platfor ms in support of learning environments and practices.
Lightning Symposi um
This symposium is a major first step toward articulating a coherent framework\, and an encompassing vision and plan for an ILSDL. The symposiu m will help identify UIUC faculty and research groups who would bring to t his initiative deep and varied expertise in research\, design\, developmen t\, and tool creation\; and who currently are operating within departments \, schools\, colleges\, centers\, institutes\, and start-ups across campus . Leveraging our wealth of expertise in a creative\, collaborative\, trans -disciplinary\, and enabling laboratory environment is key to ensuring Ill inois excellence and leadership in the context of an increasingly prominen t global focus on the implications of the learning sciences for designing learning environments.
The symposium is structured to showcase the work of faculty and research groups\, facilitate discussion among participants \, build networks\, and initiate a number of specific proposals for seed f unding. Our goal is to be generative of ideas addressing grand challenges in design and tool creation for teaching and learning\, and to create a ne twork of design and research collaborations across campus.
“Learning\,” “learning environments\,” and “tools” are conceptualized broadly to captu re the varied meanings these concepts carry in different academic communit ies and stakeholder groups. Consider\, for example\, evidence of learning: A neuroscientist may point to changes in gray matter\; a school administr ator may look at shifts in standardized test scores\; a medical educator m ay focus on a healthcare provider’s enhanced skills in controlling a robot ic surgical system\; and a teacher or parent may consider a child’s abilit y to participate in a practice or skill that motivates and engages them. S imilarly\, learning tools and environments range from online courses and M OOCs\; to games\, simulations\, or virtual and augmented realities to book s\, media\, and the natural world\; and extend from formal (e.g.\, P-20 cl assrooms)\, to informal (e.g.\, science centers\, art museums) or ubiquito us (e.g.\, various media) learning environments. The symposium aims to ref lect this range and facilitate inter- and trans-disciplinary discussions a nd understanding of learning\, and how to create and design 21st century t ools and environments in support of such learning.
Symposium Themes and Grand Challenges
The symposium will feature 5-minute lightning present ations and posters that address themes under a number of 21st century gran d challenges in the learning sciences and the design and creation of learn ing tools:
1. \;Advancing the scientific understanding of learning< br>a. \;Mechanisms/processes\, cognition\, metacognition\, learning to learn\, creativity
b. \;Emotions/affect\, motivation\, social/cult ural aspects\, collaboration/teamwork
c. \;Physical/embodied aspect s
d. \;Neuro/biological aspects
2. \;Designing tools\, envir onments\, and platforms (physical\, online\, virtual\, simulations\, visua lizations\, etc.) to improve/deepen/accelerate learning\, and learning pro cesses and outcomes
a. \;Interventions intended to improve learning across contexts
b. \;Putting basic science to work in MOOCs\, educ ational apps\, games\, classroom teaching\, homework technologies\, museum s and afterschool clubs\, etc.
c. \;Teaching/tutoring/coaching\, pr omoting deep conceptual understanding\, self-explanations and other self-r egulated learning approaches
d. \;Creating tools to help coordinate learning activities (home\, museums\, libraries\, schools\, outdoors) and articulate lifelong learning
3. \;Designing tools to analyze big d ata with the aim of transforming uniform learning platforms into adaptive personalized learning environments
a. \;Collecting\, curating\, and securing (e.g.\, ethically\, legally\, technologically) massive amounts o f data about the choices and behaviors of learners in various learning env ironments (e.g.\, keyboard strokes\, mouse clicks\, physiological response s\, eye tracking\, body movements)
b. \;Building data analytics tha t draw on theories of teaching\, learning\, and assessment\, and peta-scal e computational capabilities\, as well as cutting-edge research in data mi ning\, statistics\, and natural language processing to analyze big data in the service of providing assessments—including automated summative and re al-time formative assessments—and to enable adaptive and personalized lear ning experiences
c. \;Providing individualized real-time and delaye d feedback to the thousands of students enrolled in a MOOC so as to optimi ze their engagement\, enhance self-regulation and self-monitoring\, and ev entually sustain their engagement and maximize their learning
Proposal Submission
Deadline: February 6\, 2015 @ 5:00 PM
To propose an indi vidual or group session\, go to https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/6486157 to submit:
• \;Research er name(s) and unit affiliation(s)
• \;Session/poster title
•&nb sp\;A short abstract (200 to 300 words)
• \;Keywords or phrases
Authors should anticipate hearing about the status of their proposals as s oon as possible and no later than by February 16\, 2015.
If you have qu estions or would like assistance with submitting proposals or preparing yo ur presentation\, please contact Tanya Sutton tsutton@illinois.edu
Registration to Attend the Symposium
If you submit a proposal\, there is no need to register to attend the symposium.
If you like to attend the symposium without submitting a pro posal\, please register at ht tps://illinois.edu/fb/sec/253477

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